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\nRespawn boss Vince Zampella and The Sims exec Lyndsay Pearson have issued statements supporting the rights of women and transgender people, as EA continues to be pressured by employees to make a wider statement of its own. <\/p>\n

\nThe remarks, posted publicly on Twitter overnight, reportedly follow an internal meeting within EA on LGBTQ+ issues, Kotaku<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n

\nThere, the publisher was again asked by employees whether it would make a public statement on these issues – and reportedly again kept to its previous line that these topics were subject to different points of view across the company.\n<\/p>\n

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Respawn boss Vince Zampella and The Sims exec Lyndsay Pearson have issued statements supporting the rights of women and transgender people, as EA continues to be pressured by employees to make a wider statement of its own. The remarks, posted publicly on Twitter overnight, reportedly follow an internal meeting within EA on LGBTQ+ issues, Kotaku reported. There, the publisher was again asked by employees whether it would make a public statement on these issues – and reportedly again kept to its previous line that these topics were subject to different points of view across the company. 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